Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund Stipends
Stipend Program Administered by the AACP Library and Information Sciences Section (LIS)
Librarians who serve colleges of pharmacy are invited to apply for a travel stipend to Pharmacy Education 2025, AACP’s annual meeting. The meeting will be held July 19-22 in Chicago, IL. The stipends are provided by the Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund.
Past stipend recipients report that they developed closer ties to pharmacy faculty, networked with other pharmacy librarians, and learned about new developments in pharmacy education, as a result of attending the AACP annual meeting.
“The mission of The Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund is to increase librarians’ identification with medical, pharmaceutical, and health care professionals. Librarians experienced in managing knowledge and teaching informatics can supply quality information by becoming ongoing members of the healthcare team. Immersion in the health care environment is necessary for librarians to understand how health care professionals solve problems individually and through consensus.”
- For librarians who have never attended an AACP Annual Meeting, the stipend is a minimum of $1000.
Application for First-Time Attendee
- For librarians who have previously attended an AACP Annual Meeting, the stipend may pay up to 100% of the meeting registration fee for AACP members, depending on the number of applications received and the available funds.
Application for Returning Attendee
Recipients of the Sewell Stipend must attend all Drug Information and Library Science Section programs/sessions and visit the Section posters. In addition, recipients must attend at least 3 other sessions, including one plenary/general session, for all meeting attendees. Immediately following the meeting, recipients must submit a report (up to 300 words) highlighting their experience at the meeting.
Questions and completed applications should be sent to Rebecca Carlson at rcarlson@unc.edu by May 26, 2025.
